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ALFEED J. HALL : 



7. aglabii. 



8. mfitljïwanritl. 



9. nrimimfi. 



10. lastu. 



11. numagiyu. 



12. iuritlagî\'û. 



13. yûdûhwagîyM. 



14. mûagîyû. 

 1-5. sikingïyû. 



16. kuklâgîyii. 



17. aglabûagîyû. 



18. mfitlgwanâtlagïyû. 



19. nfinumrigïyfi. 



20. mâtUsnmijiristau. 



21 . canmnkaula. 



22. hamâtlaula. 



23. hayiuluhyaula, &c. 

 30. yûdûhwsumgiiistau. 



100. lâkind or numpuny.ïgî. 



200. mâtlpuiiyâgî, &c. 



1.000. lûteumhid {round or comph le). 



1,000,000. tlinhî (a nurahrr uhich cannot be counted). 



The nninhev 3\ is ex]-)ye'^iiGd\y jjridrihicmmgi.ristau hi/ivsn iiiim (thirty and one), and so on to 35, 

 which is y ùdnlaosumgiû&tau h'lrnisa sihiâ. But for 36, because it is nearer 40 than 30, it is usual to say 

 viâmâskumgiûstaula sa kiikla, and for 37 mâmû&Iaimgi fist aula sa aglabii. In the same manner 46 is 

 sisikiâskumgiâstaula sa kuklâ. 



"Whenever the Lulians count their fish, or trinkets, they say nimi, mâtl, and so on up to 10. 

 Then they begin again and go over the same ground till they get to lastn, 10, when they say mntltsum- 

 gitistau, 20. 



The terminations of their numerals vary according to the shape of the ai-ticle i-eferred to. Thus 

 one (man) wMm'7/,«; ; one dollar (because ro-anà) , numskurii ; one pencil (because long), nnmzûk ; one 

 cup, num'iV: Ma; one blanket (because square), nuniksa. 



1 . ninnûkw. 



2. mfdûkw. 



3. yûdûkw- 



4. mûkw. 



5. .sikiokw. 



6. kuklokw. 



7. aglabilkw. 



(a) Persons. 



8. mâtlgwanrdûkw. 



9. nânumûkw. 



10. nukokw. 



1 1 . numûgwagiy fi . 



12. mriliigwagîyfi. 



20. matltsumgifistau. 



21. mritltsumgiûstau liîmîsa numiTkw. 



Examples. 



There arc mx of us (person addressed not included), 

 There are six of us (perso)i ((ddrcssed hiclnded), 

 How many men came f 

 T limit tiro men (to vwk), 



kuklokwunuliw. 



knklokwunts. 



ilinûkwâ gia/;? Tieo, infiliikw. 



uA-i/,sdin kln/i mfdfikw. 



(Il) Dollars, or anything Round, such as Fruit or Barrels. 



4. 



6. 



num-skum. 



mûtl-tsum. 



yûdfilnv-sum. 



mûskum. 



sikiâ-skum. 



kukla-skum. 



aglabû-skum. 



8. mâtlgwanâtl-tsuin. 



9. nânumâ-skum. 



10. nukâ-skum. 



11. num-skumagîyû. 



12. mâtl-tsumagîyû. 



20. matl-tsumgifistau. 



21 . nanumskuQikaula. 



Gire me six dollars. 



Where are my tiro dollars ? 



Tirant one dollar a day, 



Nine barrels, 



Nine boxes, 



I have ten apples, 



Examples. 



zaw la liyin kukla-.skuma dnla- 



wïdî lin mâtl-tsuma dâla? 



ui'ïi'sdin klfii' nuraskuma dfda A-fi nfda. 



nfinumâskum {or iiânumskuaia) kwrikwoltl-fsum. 



nânumï^kuma gildas. 



nukû-skum gin apjjles. 



